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Person
Linxi Wang
Person
Anna Vdovina
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Abdonel Abiel
Evaluation
The impact of payments for ecosystem services on crop burning in India
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a PES program that offers financial rewards to paddy farmers for reducing burning of crop residue (or “stubble”) on stubble burning in Punjab, India.
Person
KRIS LEMON
Event
Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students
J-PAL Africa holds a webinar series each year for African students who would like to pursue graduate study in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields in North America or Europe. The webinars are spread throughout the year and aim to provide comprehensive information to African students on what...
Person
Shashwat Singh
Shashwat is currently working as a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia on the project "Targeting benefits by profession: Welfare benefits for construction workers," based out of Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
Person
Antara Rao Yadavalli
Antara Rao Yadavalli is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she works on the Targeted and Flexible Microfinance project in Tamil Nadu. Her work focuses on expanding access to credit for urban self-employed households, with responsibilities spanning data management and field operations to...
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Community chlorine dispensers for better health
Innovative safe drinking water technology has reached 4 million people in Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda.
Person
Sarita Undurraga
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Interactive curriculum to reshape gender norms
In India, the state governments of Punjab and Odisha are scaling up an evidence-based gender transformative education program in government schools with the NGO Breakthrough, reaching 4 million students across both states by 2026.
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Giving directly to support poor households
GiveDirectly has expanded its cash transfer program, which was found in a randomized evaluation to have improved economic and psychological well-being in Kenya, to reach over 1.6 million people in Bangladesh, DRC, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and the United States.
Sector
Education
J-PAL’s Education sector uncovers strategies for getting more children in school and learning. The Policy Insights below reflect lessons from randomized evaluations of interventions that boost enrollment and achievement—such as targeted instruction, information provision, health services, and early...